neighbourhood in Midden-Groningen

Gorecht-West

2,315 residents · postal code 9602 · Part of Hoogezand-Zuid, Midden-Groningen

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The contrast in Gorecht-West is sharp: a 9.6 for families next to a 2.6 for wealth & income. The first figure comes mainly from the distance to the primary school, a few hundred metres away here, which sets almost a third of that pillar — it says nothing about what families here have to spend.

That is in the wealth figures, and all four of them point the same way. The share of residents on social assistance is more than ten times the national level, property values roughly half of it, and the top income group is all but absent. Among the offences, what stands out is that property crime stays below the national median while violence and vandalism both run above it — the reverse of a city-centre pattern, and the reason the safety pillar lags below the middle.

no. 9,743 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 35 of 69 in Midden-Groningen

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Is Gorecht-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gorecht-West comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 63 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

13.2 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 212,000

Welfare recipients

86.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

60%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

67%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

94%

Built after 2000

29%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

5,670 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,863

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gorecht-West has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+17%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,670 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Gorecht-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gorecht-West comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Gorecht-West?

In Gorecht-West the police recorded 63 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Gorecht-West calculated?

Gorecht-West scores 4.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Gorecht-West lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.